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Letter to Our Readers

Okay, enough with the cold weather and the snow! It’s time to get outside and start celebrating. And what better way to start than with the upcoming twenty-eight (28) St. Patrick’s Day Parades taking place within New Jersey this month. Additionally, there’s the iconic NYC Parade, held on “the Day” In keeping with the Irish “theme” this issue’s main editorial feature will offer you a couple of options for consideration: A detailed selection of traditional and authentic Irish food recipes for an enjoyable evening at home or a listing of Central NJ Irish Pubs for you to venture out and sample their food and drink offerings…Slainte.

It’s warm, cozy, and comfortable and offers tasty tavern-style food. It’s also the place that many regular diners refer to as their very own “Cheers.” Anyone who remembers the iconic TV show featuring the Boston bar can certainly relate to gathering in a place that feels like a “home away from home.” And, for many in our area, that place is the Ivy League in Howell. Read more about this enjoyable eating venue in this issue’s Restaurant Profile feature.

Everyone loves to be Irish during the month of March, and there’s no better way of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day than a day at the pub listening to great music. The Snakes are a band that has become one of the premiere Irish bands in New Jersey, and especially in the Central NJ area. Take a moment to read about this very talented Irish band and the music they perform.

In the continuation of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day activities, I thought it worthwhile to revisit an Irish lass we introduced you to last year, Colleen Murphy-Cistone, our Mixologist-of-the-Month. Colleen bartends at the Pine Tavern in Old Bridge. She is always ready to greet you with a smile and a libation of your choosing. Stop in and say “hi” In this issue, our contributing scribe, Steve O. let’s us in on one of America’s funniest standup comics. He’s also a movie star, a TV celebrity and, formerly, the voice of the Aflac duck. Our Comic Relief feature this month will allow you to learn a bit more about Gilbert Gottfried and what he’s doing to keep busy these days.

Enough said. For those who are Irish, and for those who “want to be Irish”, it’s March.

Get out and enjoy all the festivities.

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Bob Byrne, Publisher LIKE US!

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Publisher’s Letter................................................................................4 Sports Bars & Quiz..............................................................................6 St. Patrick’s Day Parades.................................................................. 8 Restaurant Profile: ...........................................................................12 Band Profile:.......................................................................................14 Mixologist-of-the-Month ..............................................................15 Libations..............................................................................................17 Main Feature......................................................................................18 Catering ..............................................................................................20 BYO’s .....................................................................................................22 Two on the Aisle ..............................................................................24 Comic Relief .......................................................................................26 Dining Pleasures ..............................................................................28 Happy Hours......................................................................................30 Where it’s happening!.....................................................................31 Concerts & Theater ..........................................................................32 Plugged into AC................................................................................33 The Last Word ...................................................................................34 Venues Cares.................................................................................... 34 Graphics & Design Daria Kenny

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2015 New Jersey & NYC

St. Patrick’s Day Parades SUNDAY, MARCH 1ST

2015 Belmar St. Patrick’s Day Parade @ 12:30pm Parade is held rain, shine, snow or sleet!!!

SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH

2015 Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Starting @ 11:00am

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SUNDAY, MARCH 8TH

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FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH

2015 Matawan St. Patrick’s Day Parade @ 6:00pm 2015 Newark St. Patrick’s Day Parade @ 1:00pm Saturday, March 14th

SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH

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2015 Hamilton St. Patrick’s Day Parade @ 2:00pm 2015 North Wildwood St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND

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***ALL TIMES EASTERN*** *On March 15, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee will select eight teams to play the first-round games on March 17 and 18 in Dayton.

The four winning teams will advance to a second-round site to be determined by the committee during selection weekend.

Second-round and third-round and regional sites will be placed in the bracket by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee March 15.

March 19 and 21 second-/third-round sites: Jacksonville, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Portland. March 20 and 22 second-/third-round sites: Charlotte, Columbus, Omaha, Seattle.

March 26 and 28 regional sites: Cleveland, Los Angeles. March 27 and 29 regional sites: Houston, Syracuse.

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“Great food and quality service at a fair and reasonable value.”

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It’s warm, cozy, and comfortable and offers tasty tavern-style food. It’s also the place that many regular diners refer to as their very own “Cheers.”

Anyone who remembers the iconic TV show “Cheers” featuring the Boston bar can certainly relate to gathering in a place that feels like a “home away from home.” And, for many in the area, that place is the Ivy League in Howell.

It can also be that place for those seeking a new dining location that has been offering patrons hearty food, a comfortable ambiance and a relaxed cozy atmosphere for decades.

The Ivy League is iconic. Situated on Route 9 North, its beautiful green and gold sign is like a beacon, and there is plentiful parking. In fact, this bar and grill has been a familiar and welcome respite for decades. New owners, Pat Fallon and her brothers Tom and Paul Jaspan purchased the business seven years ago, and continue to happily greet regular patrons and welcome new ones to visit, enjoy a meal with family, indulge in an appetizer and a cocktail and chill out at the bar. The restaurant is also a perfect venue for an intimate date to get to know each other.

The owners’ philosophy is to offer “great food and quality service at a fair and reasonable value.”

Families and friends are welcome to meet and share a meal, partake in Happy Hour or the nightly specials surrounded by warm wood paneling, a decorative brick wall and artifacts that the owners like

to say bring back memories of the “glory days.”

Blackboard Specials are on tap for lunch and dinner, along with cut-toorder steaks, fresh seafood, delicious pasta and sauté entrees.

Appetizers include such tempting treats such as the popular “Crab Meltaway,” the delicious hot “Maryland Crab Dip,” or the “Firecracker Shrimp.”

Try the very popular “Ivy Angels” which offers bacon-wrapped shrimp and sea scallops with BBQ sauce and horseradish sauce and your taste buds will thank you.

The Ivy League provides 20 beers on tap, and a wide selection of wines and bar drinks including specialty coffee drinks such as Irish coffee.

The Ivy League offers dining room seating, located on the other side of a brick half wall and also offers plenty of bar seating with bar stools, booths and tables for your comfort. The Ivy League is a favorite of both families and night owls. The restaurant offers a wellrounded family-oriented atmosphere and changes it up some when the darkness descends providing a great place for an intimate date, a gathering of friends or sports watching in the bar amid a host of specials on drinks and appetizers.

Monday night specials at the Ivy League include “Kids Night Out” where youngsters eat half price with the purchase of a dinner entrée beginning at 4:00 pm.

Tuesday is “Half Price Burger Night” on any burger beginning at 7:00 pm.

Visit the Ivy League on Wednesday night and enjoy “Fiesta Night” featuring mouthwatering tacos and other Mexican dishes plus Coronas for $3 and Coors Light for $3, and $3 Margaritas beginning at 4:00 pm.

Thursday night, at 7:00 pm is “Yeung’s and Wings Night” with $3.50 pints of Yuengling and 35-cent wings.

Three Olive vodka drinks are only $3.

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prime rib night dinner nights with prices starting at $17.99 for a full dinner complete with soup and salad.

Sunday night is BBQ night with ribs and chicken specials starting at $17.99, beginning at 4:00 pm.

During the week, Happy Hour is Monday through Friday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, when $2.50 Buds and Bud light drafts are offered. Monday through Thursday offers $2 domestic drafts, well drinks and $3.50 house wines from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, with the same specials on tap Friday nights from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day here and enjoy corned beef dinner and drink specials, according to Fallon, who says the Ivy League supports the Brennan Stands Alone Foundation and is hosting a fundraiser for the foundation on St. Patrick’s Day with a Pot of Gold Super 50/50 drawing on March 17 at 8:00 pm.

Corned beef specials will be available all weekend.

“Tickets are $100 each and only 100 ticket will be sold,” Fallon says. The winner will take home 50 percent of the gross sales.

Named in honor of United States Army 1st Lt. Brian Brennan of Howell, who was seriously injured in Afghanistan in 2008 when an IED exploded under the Humvee in which he was traveling, the attack took the lives of two soldiers and a civilian. Lt. Brennan and Specialist Ryan Price of California were the only two survivors.

Lt. Brennan suffered cardiac arrest, multiple fractures and traumatic brain injury. He returned home a double amputee.

Donations made to the foundation aid in the mission to ease the trauma of those who have sacrificed for our country.

So, as Pat encourages, “Come out all weekend long, Friday thru Tuesday.

Enjoy the fun, friendship and Corned Beef Specials at The Ivy League”.

March 2015

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Weekend at Both Chapter House & Ivy League Food Specials ALL Weekend Long

Mon – Sat 11am-2am Sun 12Noon-2am

Mon – Sat 11am-2am Sunday 12Noon-2am

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$2 Domestic Pints • $3.50 House Wines • $2.50 Well Drinks. ½ Price Happy Hour Menu

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Sun – BBQ Ribs & Split Chicken .................................... $17.99 Mon – NY Sirloin Strip Steak ........................................ $17.99 Tues – Oven Roasted Prime Rib .................................... $17.99 Wed – Stuffed Surf & Turf .............................................. $17.99 Thurs – 1 lb. Shrimp Scampi ......................................... $17.99

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Mon – Thurs 7pm – close Mon - .35¢ Wings & $2.50 Yuengling Pints Tues - $5 Bar Pies - Bud & Bud Light $2.50 Pts / $3 Btls / $8 Pitchers Wed – ½ Price Burgers & $3.50 Craft Beer Pts. (Entire Restaurant) Thurs - $2.00 All Domestic Pts. (Entire Restaurant)

St. Patrick’s Day Evening At Ivy League

Enjoy Our Chapter House Value Meals

Sunday Night – Oven Roast Prime Rib .......................... $17.99 Monday Night – Fajitas ................................................. $12.99 w/ $5 Margaritas & Sangria Tuesday Night – Steak & Shrimp ................................... $17.99 Wednesday Night – Parmigiana for Two ........................ $22.00 Thursday Night – Seafood Fest ...................................... $16.99

Seafood Combo ................................................... $18.99 Friday & Saturday Night – Oven Roasted Prime Rib........... $17.99

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veryone loves to be Irish during March, and there’s no better way of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day than a day at the pub listening to great music. The Snakes are a band that has become one of the premiere Irish bands in New Jersey, and especially along the shore -- in seven years as a group. The Snakes always leave the crowd seeing the world through green-tinted glasses.

Named after the legend of St. Patrick who famously drove the snakes out of Ireland and in honor of Shane MacGowan’s 1994 album The Snake, this quintet keeps New Jersey entertained all year long, not just in March. The band consists of Gary Shaller on bass, Jan on the banjo, mandolin and pin whistle, Vin on guitar, T-Bone on accordion and percussion, and drummer Scott -- and when they get together, every day is St. Patrick’s Day. The guys cover a lot of music from Irish bands

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such as The Pogues, Flogging Molly and The Dubliners, but their set list also incorporates a lot of rock including Bruce Springsteen and The Beatles, but giving these songs an Irish twist.

“We’ll do something like ‘Brilliant Disguise,’ but that’s got a mandolin and an accordion on it when we do it,” explains Shaller. “We try to pick those songs that lend themselves to our instrumentation.”

They also write their own music as well. Their song, “I Love St. Patrick’s Day at the Jersey Shore” has become an unofficial anthem of the Ocean County St. Patrick’s Day parade. It is available on YouTube and has over 30,000 views and has become a popular hit for the group. “ You write a song and people bop up-anddown, but you don’t imagine that they know every word and they’re acting like they’re so happy to hear it. That always thrills us,” says Shaller. It’s also the first song they have fully recorded, but they will be working on laying down other original tracks once their busy March schedule is over in hopes of releasing their first CD by the summer.

The Snakes travel all over the state, even spreading out into New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania several times a year. But the members say their favorite spots are all local, including St. Stephen’s Green Publick House in Spring lake Heights, the Crab’s Claw Inn in Lavallette, Connolly Station Restaurant and Tavern in Belmar and the Norwood Inn in Avonby-the-Sea. March is one of the busiest times of the year

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They have nine shows scheduled for the month including St. Patrick’s Day at St. Stephen’s Green.

This is the best time of year for any Irish band and two of The Snakes’ favorite shows to play every year are their post-parade shows. They play Connolly Station after the Belmar parade and The Crab’s Claw Inn after the festivities in Seaside.

They also look forward to the New Jersey Irish Festival held at Monmouth Park every June.

“This event is put together by some really talented dedicated people and to play there is always fun,” remarks Shaller. “You’ve got a great crowd, it’s full of entertainment and you’ve got your beautiful Monmouth Park. It’s a big Irish day right on the shore and we are kind of like the shore’s Irish band so it’s a perfect fit for us.”

The Snakes are also busy in February and September when a lot of Irish organizations including the Bagpipe Association and different arts associations hold big dinner dances. The band also plays private events, including weddings, as many as three or four times a month. That they’re able to keep busy all year surprises some as they don’t really think about Irish music at any other time of the year. “It just shows you what good music can do so we have a good time with it for sure. So we invite people to come on out and party with us.”

For more information including a full schedule, contact information and a mailing list application, be sure to check out thesnakesband.com.

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t s i g o l o ix Colleen Murphy-Cistone

by CLARE MARIE CELANO

Colleen Murphy-Cistone left the world of Wall Street on Sept 11, 2001…and never looked back.

“I was working as an administrative assistant for JP Morgan on the 46th floor at 60 Wall Street in 2001.

I saw it all. I lost a lot of friends that day,” she says, remembering the tragedies at the World Trade Center when terrorists took down the Twin Towers, killing thousands.

“I was done,” she declares.

Murphy-Cistone packed up her New York work life and returned to skills learned years before ... bartending.

She has employed those abilities ever since.

And, Colleen admits proudly, she has no intention of ever going back to the Wall Street lifestyle again. “I want to be close to home,” she says, a desire expressed by many who were witness to the tragedies. “I want to

be close to my two kids,” she adds. Both her 17-yearold and her 11-year-old are involved in sports.

“I want to be there for them,” she said, adding that attending school events that her children participate in are important to her. “Once that time goes, it’s gone.

You never get it back.”

After attending Authentic Bartending Schools of New Jersey in Edison to brush up on new cocktails, she began bartending again in 2003. She took a position at The Pine Tavern in Old Bridge in 2007, a job she loves and one that allows her the flexibility to work and still be close to her family.

Murphy-Cistone notes her dad, a retired New York City firefighter, bartended his whole life.

She laughs, saying she must have inherited that bartending gene.

“I love the job,” she emphasizes. “I love the people I work for and work with. I’m a people-person and well suited to bartending. Here, we work together like a team. We’re truly like a family.”

Colleen, who resides in Old Bridge, adds that 15 years on Wall Street, with its frenetic pace and demanding responsibilities prepared her for bartending, where speed and accuracy are important.

“On Wall Street, I worked under tremendous pressure with 35 people yelling orders at me all the time,” she recalls. “I learned how to say, ‘I got this.’ I guess I still hear

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Traditional Irish Recipes Corned Beef & Cabbage

Ingredients 2 to 2 1/2 pound Corned-Beef Brisket*, recipe follows 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper 1 teaspoon ground allspice 2 bay leaves 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/2 pound diced carrots, approximately 4 small 1/2 pound diced onions, approximately 2 small 1 pound potatoes, peeled and chopped, approximately 3 medium 1/4 pound diced celery, approximately 2 stalks 1 small head cabbage, chopped, approximately 2 pounds Corned Beef: 2 quarts water 1 cup kosher salt 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons saltpeter 1 cinnamon stick, broken into several pieces 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 teaspoon black peppercorns 8 whole cloves 8 whole allspice berries 12 whole juniper berries 2 bay leaves, crumbled 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 2 pounds ice 1 (4 to 5 pound) beef brisket, trimmed 1 small onion, quartered 1 large carrot, coarsely chopped 1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped

Directions Place the corned beef, pepper, allspice, bay leaves and salt into a large 8-quart pot along with 3-quarts of water. Cover and set over high heat.

Bring to a boil, decrease the heat to low and cook, at a low simmer for 2 1/2 hours.

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to a simmer and cook uncovered for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, add the cabbage and cook for an additional 15 to 20 minutes until the potatoes and cabbage are tender. Remove the bay leaves and serve immediately.

Drain the potatoes in a colander and then return to the saucepan. Mash the potatoes and then add the half and half, butter, salt and pepper and continue to mash until smooth. Stir in the yolk until well combined.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: approximately 3 hours

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Shepherd’s Pie

Ingredients For the Potatoes: 1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes 1/4 cup half-and-half 2 ounces unsalted butter 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 egg yolk For the Meat: 2 tablespoons canola oil 1 cup chopped onion 2 carrots, peeled and diced small 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 pounds ground lamb 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons tomato paste 1 cup chicken broth 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 teaspoons freshly chopped rosemary leaves 1 teaspoon freshly chopped thyme leaves 1/2 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels 1/2 cup fresh or frozen English peas Directions Peel the potatoes and cut into 1/2inch dice. Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, uncover, decrease the heat to maintain a simmer and cook until tender and easily crushed with tongs, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Place the half-and-half and butter into a microwave-safe container and heat in the microwave until warmed through, about 35 seconds.

While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the filling. Place the canola oil into a 12-inch sauté pan and set over medium high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the onion and carrots and sauté just until they begin to take on color, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and stir to combine. Add the lamb, salt and pepper and cook until browned and cooked through, approximately 3 minutes.

Sprinkle the meat with the flour and toss to coat, continuing to cook for another minute. Add the tomato paste, chicken broth, Worcestershire, rosemary, thyme, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer slowly 10 to 12 minutes or until the sauce is thickened slightly.

Add the corn and peas to the lamb mixture and spread evenly into an 11 by 7-inch glass baking dish. Top with the mashed potatoes, starting around the edges to create a seal to prevent the mixture from bubbling up and smooth with a rubber spatula. Place on a parchment lined half sheet pan on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 25 minutes or just until the potatoes begin to brown. Remove to a cooling rack for at least 15 minutes before serving.

Yield: 8 servings Prep: 45 min • Cook: 45 min

Authentic Irish Recipes Appetizers & Sides Artichoke Dip with Dubliner Cheese

ney Castle Cheese pairs with – what else – walnuts notes of the cheese are fu plimented by a brushing making this toastie a sym Irish flavor.

Ingredients:

1 small clove garlic, minced 2 tablespoons oregano 2 tablespoons grated onion 2 cups Kerrygold Dubliner Cheese, grated Directions: Combine all ingredients and spoon the mixture into an 8 inch baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes at 300° F. Serve with crackers, pita chips or flat 2 slices cinnamon swirl br bread.

1 tablespoon honey, prefer wheat or another deep flav Kerrygold Irish 1/4 teaspoon dried rosem Cheese Board bled 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons chopped wa 2 ounces Blarney Castle C thinly sliced 3 thin slices red onion (op 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons Kerrygold Iris at room temperature Directions: Ingredients: Brush one side of 1 slice of A spread of grass-fed Irish cheeses the honey. Sprinkle the ros serves as a simple, elegant appetizer pepper over the honey. S or party hors d’oeuvre. Estimate four nuts over, then add half the to six ounces per person and select a Blarney Castle Cheese, th range of Kerrygold cheeses – Dub- used), and the remaini liner and Blarney Castle for mild, Spread one side of the s nutty options, Reserve Cheddar and of bread with the mustard Vintage Dubliner for lovers of sharp, over cheese, mustard-side piquant cheeses, and Cashel Blue for Brush top of sandwich w its distinct creamy tang. spoon of the butter. Plac Directions: side down in a small no Spread the cheeses on a wooden let over medium-low he board or slate and allow them to sit top with remaining teasp at room temperature for half an hour Cook 2 to 3 minutes or un before serving to bring out their fla- derside is golden brown. W vors. A traditional Irish cheese board spatula, turn the sandwich includes fruits such as figs, apricots a small heatproof plate o and grapes but feel free to experiment cook until the underside and create an appetizer all your own! brown and the cheese has m 3 minutes more. Alternativ spatula to flatten the sand Blarney Castle Cheese immediately.

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Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 1 (15-oz.) can cannellini or great Northern beans 1 (20-oz.) package extra lean or lean ground turkey 1 cup coarsely shredded Kerrygold Reduced Fat Dubliner Cheese, divided 1/2 cup coarsely chopped baby bella mushrooms 1/3 cup minced sun-dried tomatoes (preferably smoked) 1/3 cup minced red onion 1/4 cup shredded carrot 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 6 slices rustic, grainy bread Olive oil cooking spray 1 1/2 cups arugula 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil 1 1/2 teaspoons white balsamic vinegar Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Directions: In a large bowl coarsely mash beans.

Add ground turkey, 1/3 cup Kerrygold Reduced Fat Dubliner Cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes, onion, carrot and garlic salt. Mix well then shape into 6 1/2-inch thick patties. Coat with cooking spray and grill over medium-high heat for 5 minutes.

Turn and top with remaining cheese and grill for 5 minutes more or until cooked through. Grill bread for one minute on each side. Place one burger on each bread slice. Toss arugula with oil and vinegar and season with salt and pepper; spoon on top of burgers.

Makes 6 servings.

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Almond Cake with Apricot Brandy Sauce

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The cake owes its moist, spongy texture to the same thing that gives the sauce its luscious consistency: Kerrygold Irish Butter made with grass-fed cow’s milk. The soft, creamy butter does double duty in this dessert, and the result is a dish that’s twice as hard to forget.

Ingredients: 3/4 cup Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk 1/3 cup each: apricot preserves and sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 3/4 cups flour, divided 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 (7 oz) tube pure almond paste, crumbled 1/2 cup sliced almonds Apricot Brandy Sauce: 1/4 cup Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter 1 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup peach brandy 1/4 cup apricot preserves Directions: Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly butter a 9-inch round cake pan; set aside. With a mixer, cream together the Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter and sugar until light and fluffy – about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, including yolk, beating well after each addition. Add the preserves, sour cream and extract and beat for 1 minute more. Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt; lightly fold into the batter with almond paste.

Spread evenly in prepared pan and sprinkle with almonds. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until the center of the cake is firm when the pan is lightly tapped. To prepare sauce, in a medium saucepan melt the Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter. Stir in brown sugar and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients and simmer over low heat for a few minutes more. Drizzle over cake slices.

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Monroe 732-251-1709 St. Stephen’s Green 2031 Rt. 71 South Spring Lake Heights 732-449-2626 The Irish Rail 229 E. Main St. Manasquan 732-223-9300 The Shannon Rose 855 St. Georges Ave. Woodbridge 732-636-6100 Tipperary Pub 2313 Hwy 547 Lakehurst 732-323-0007

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The month of March brings many reasons to start thinking about entertaining friends & family: Daylight Savings (March 08th), St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) and the beginning of Spring (March 20th). Each occasion gives us reason for either indoor or outdoor partying.

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BELMAR Veggie Works 732-280-1141

FARMINGDALE Catering by Alex 732-462-9154

MARLBORO Crown Palace 732-780-8882

MORGANVILLE Robertsville Catering 732-591-8454

BRICK Buffalo Wild Wings 732-475-7645

Lorenzo’s 732-919-1177

Fireside Grill 732-780-7900

Unforgettable 732-970-0396

Woody’s 732-938-6404

Nonna’s 732-536-9050

FREEHOLD American Hotel 732-431-3220

Rosalita’s 732-617-0099

NEPTUNE Kelly’s 732-775-9517

Happy Catering 732-477-5111 Quaker Steak & Lube 732-255-5823 River Rock Restaurant & Marina Bar 732-840-1110 Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 732-262-5180 BRIELLE Craig’s 732-295-7929 The River Belle 732-528-6620 COLTS NECK Huddy’s Inn 732-431-0194 EAST BRUNSWICK Brunswick Grove 732-254-0495 Gusto Grill 732-651-2737 Tilted Kilt 732-992-8532 EAST WINDSOR Brewster’s Pub 609-448-2258 EATONTOWN Bogart’s 732-542-1836 EDISON Quaker Steak & Lube 732-777-9464

The Cabin 732-462-3090 El Mason 732-308-9494 Metropolitan Café 732-780-9400 HIGHLANDS Off The Hook 732-872-2006 HIGHTSTOWN Tavern on the Lake 609-426-9345 JACKSON Surf Taco 732-364-8226 KEYPORT Burlew’s Seafood & Steak 732-497-0500

MJ’s 732-918-9700

Tuscany 732-308-1118 MANCHESTER Donovan’s Bar & Grill 732-657-0006 MATAWAN Butttonwood Manor 732-566-6220

SPRING LAKE The Porch 732-449-5880

Double D 732-679-2999

TINTON FALLS MJ’s 732-542-3131

Tuscany 732-521-4500

La Riviera 732-566-8400

PARAMUS Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 201-261-1380

MIDDLETOWN MJ’s 732-918-9700

LONG BRANCH Jack’s 732-870-8800

MONROE Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar 732-251-1709

Windmill 732-870-8282 MANALAPAN Tuscany 732-972-2500

OLD BRIDGE Big Ed’s BBQ 732-583-2626

La Cashina 732-834-0025

LITTLE SILVER Little Szechuan 732-842-3823

SOUTH AMBOY Landmark Tavern & Cafe 732-721-6812 SOUTH RIVER Ria Mar 732-257-1100

Salsarita’s 732-882-8530

Sultan’s Palace 732-566-1234

SHREWSBURY San Remo 732-345-8200

Pete & Elda’s 732-774-6010

Catering by Maria 732-566-7299

Mayer’s Catering 732-591-8180

SEASIDE PARK Bum Rogers Tavern & Crab House 732-830-2770

PT PLEASANT Ferrara’s 732-899-3900 Martell’s 732-892-0131 RED BANK Silver Spoon 732-450-0391 Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 732-212-1700 RUMSON Salt Creek Grille 732-933-9272

Applebee’s 732-935-1158 TOMS RIVER Shogun Legacy 732-286-9888 Tg’s Catering 732-573-0510 Thirty Seven West 732-341-2400 WALL Applebee’s 732-280-3676 Shogun Legends 732-449-6696 WOODBRIDGE Rugs & Riffy’s 732-636-3747

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As Oembodied N by theBbrightRand bouncy O new A musical “Honeymoon in Vegas,” which opened last month at the Nederlander Theater, the world capital of gambling and neon is everything you want it to be. That means a little hip, a little square, a little dangerous, a little kitschy and a whole lotta delicioussh fun.

But here’s the bonus, in which East (Coast) meets West: This production is also a real-live, old-fashioned, deeply satisfying Broadway musical in a way few new shows are anymore.

Adapted by Andrew Bergman from his 1992 movie, with a swinging score by Jason Robert Brown and a smooth-as-Ultrasuede star turn by Tony Danza, this show offers the perfect sunny holiday for frozen Eastern city dwellers.

“Honeymoon in Vegas,” which also felicitously stars Rob McClure and Brynn O’Malley as wide-eyed Brooklynites in Sin City and is directed with exactly the right syntheticsatin touch by Gary Griffin, was first staged more than a year ago at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J. It generated great buzz and reviews to match.

Theater pundits have worried that the show might have lost its momentum in the meantime.

An overextended preview period in the dead

ofD a glacial WwinterAand Yall but invisible advertising haven’t helped. Besides, musicals about Las Vegas have seldom worked on Broadway So let’s pray that “Honeymoon in Vegas” doesn’t disappear before it finds its audience. Because what its creators have whipped up is an unlikely but scrumptious blend of cheese and caviar.

And the career-high work here of Mr. Brown and Mr. Danza is so stealthily sophisticated that it takes you a while to realize the sly genius of what they’re doing.

The plot, which closely follows Mr. Bergman’s screenplay, but it also detours, with extravagant swoops, into the realms of outlandishness and really good bad taste.

The sweet nebbish Jack Singer wants nothing more than to marry his longtime, longsuffering girlfriend, Betsy Nolan (a charmingly selfdeprecating Ms. O’Malley).

The problem is that Jack is paralyzed by the dying curse of his proprietary mother, Bea whose ghost keeps popping up to block his path down the aisle. So Jack and Betsy flee from

New York to Las Vegas, where they encounter an equally formidable obstacle. That’s Tommy Korman (Mr. Danza), a big-time casino shark who instantly falls in love with Betsy, a ringer for Tommy’s

late, lamented wife.

The course of true love runs on parallel rollercoaster tracks in “Honeymoon.” Tommy pursues Betsy with every clean and dirty trick at his disposal, and winds up winning the chance to spend a weekend with her after beating Jack, a born pigeon, in a poker game.

Poor Jack must overcome a mother’s curse, a powerful rival’s charm and his own wimpiness in an odyssey that takes him from Las Vegas to Hawaii and back.

That’s a lot of real estate to cover. But Anna Louizos’s perky sliding sets miraculously keep pace with the speeding story line, which winds up deploying singing ancestral Hawaiian statues and an airborne squad of Elvis impersonators.

Mr. Brown’s songs seamlessly propel plot and define character in the way numbers did

in the heyday of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

But he often inflects them with the ring-a-ding swell and swing you associate with Frank Sinatra recordings from the late 1950s and early ’60s.

My favorite song of Tommy’s is “Out of the Sun,” an account of how his wife, Donna, a sun worshiper, died of skin cancer, which has all the cool wistfulness of Sinatra doing “It Was a Very Good Year.” Just listen to the melancholy resonance Mr. Danza lends the word “saddlebags,” which is how the doctors described Donna’s skin at the end.

The tightrope between high wit and low humor is walked most adroitly by a supporting cast that includes Catherine Ricafort as a Hawaiian Mata Hari in Tommy’s employ; Matthew Saldivar as Tommy’s sidekick, Johnny Sandwich and, best of all, David Josefsberg as both the unctuous M.C. of a hotel floor show and a deus ex machina of an Elvis impersonator.

There’s an unswerving professionalism at work here that consistently turns excess into something sharp, sweet and surprisingly refined. Tommy might use a cruder metaphor for this alchemical process — maybe something ending with “shinola” — but he’d say it like the unimpeachable gentleman gangster he is.

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by Steve Ortlieb

Selena Coppock Gilbert Gottfried

by Steve Ortlieb

Let’s start with has been on his show; a gift of pajamas, Gilbert Gottfried I felt that it was an honor! to study improv comedy further and it was improv that another big Dracula, Seinfeld. Are you as big a fan of his really led me to standup. I did improv for years and V-NJ: First of all, I’d have to agree with you of theI stuff you sick shout out to as he is of yours? How much eventually just got of working with other people, that, one was more disgusting “Catch a do with him is rehearsed? which makes me sound like“...no a total curmudgeon, I know. than Gilbert Gottfried” had to have been quite Rising Star” honor.

I mean what the hell, if you’re and CEO Stand up is very tough.an You have to be able to take doing The Aristocrats you damn well better Suzy Yengo rejection. How’d you handle your first bomb, unless be disgusting.

Anyway, I read for hooking us up with the you’re the one comic who’s never experienced that? some of your post Apprentice comments and I couldn’t non-stop Gilbert Gottfried. From his early agree with regarding work in such films as Beverly Hills Cop II, The rejection is definitely hard andyou it’smore something thatthe lack of nap time!

Seriously though, was at it fun or Problem Child and Look Who’s Talking everyone -- even my comedy idols -- have experienced did it feel a real job?

Too (I see something of a sequel trend some point. Early on I think thatlike I wanted the audience here) to TV in The Cosby Show, Night to like me, which can be dangerous territory, especially GG: It totally felt like a real job. In fact it felt Court and as recently as the latest round for female comedians. You have to be confident and like 10 real jobs and if there’s one thing I of Celebrity His movie and TVand doesn’t adly,Apprentice.

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So I wasn’t really ‘the funny of it me is rehearsed. sure the first time you got such great press. GG: Absolutely nonemakes feel nervous, but I know to just plow through New York and New Jersey this year? at remember home so much Laurel and I spent lot ofmakes it so much fun, that That’s awhat What one’ do you aboutasthat period it and keep on going and eventually I’ll hit on a joke or time choreographing stepping out there without netthem over. in your life?writing musicals in our bedrooms,you’re reference that awins GG:Well you would have to check strange dance numbers, and watchingand “Saturday Night I am a very big Howard Stern fan and Gilbertgottfried.com to see my schedule Gilbert Gottfried: What remember best Live” since age 7. I Ithink that my parents and he’s oldest I think a terrific interviewer.

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It has to be its own reward or else you’re crazy you grow up? Or rather, if you’re anything like really Where’d a lot of fun. to do this thing. But as far as my goal, mine is pretty me, where were you raised?

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10pm - close 10pm - close 10pm - close 10pm - close 10pm - close Quaker Steak & Lube (Edison) 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm River Rock Restaurant & Marina Bar 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Riverwatch 2pm - 6pm 2pm - 6pm 2pm - 6pm 2pm - 6pm 2pm - 6pm Rosalita’s 3:30pm - 6:30pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm Rugs & Riffy’s 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Sunsets 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Surf Taco (Jackson) 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Tavern on the Lake 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm The Shannon Rose 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Tilted Kilt 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm

9pm - close 9pm - close 9pm - close 9pm - close — Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm (Brick) Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm (Red Bank) The Sycamore Grille 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Twin Light Taphouse 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Windansea 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm Wine Loft 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm

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SUNDAY, MAR. 01 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3pm – 7pm TUESDAY, MAR. 03 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Maggie’s Uptown – I Am Curbie 7-11pm MJ’s / Buttonwood – Game On Trivia MJ’s / Neptune – Game On Trivia MJ’s Tinton Falls – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – DJ Q @ 9pm WEDNESDAY, MAR. 04 MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Sing Along w/ Shawn Mars MJ’s Tinton Falls – Game On Trivia River Rock – Club Night w/ DJ Adam @ 9pm THURSDAY, MAR. 05 Blue Moon – Blues Jam w/ Chuck Lambert 8pm – 12am Maggie’s Uptown – The Professionals 7-11pm Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – Party Night w/ DJ Jason Jani @ 9pm FRIDAY, MAR. 06 Blue Moon – Mimi Nowak Project The Cabin – NRG 5:30pm – 8:30pm; Undisputed @ 10pm La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ Identity Maggie’s Uptown – Brue Crew 5:30 – 9:30pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Tommy Aboussleman7-10pm; Modern DJs @ 10:30pm MJ’s / Middletown – The Back Beats MJ’s / Neptune – Guns For Hire MJ’s Tinton Falls – Tim & Andy ‘n Joe River Rock – Steve Johnson 4-7pm; Dr. Chico Band & DJ Adam Ryan’s Pub – Live Music SATURDAY, MAR. 07 Big Ed’s BBQ – Trivia Night Blue Moon – Ladies Night The Cabin – Eddie Testa Band @ 10pm La

Venue Listings

APPLEBEE’S / TINTON FALLS 14 Park Rd., Tinton Falls 732-935-1158 APPLEBEE’S / WALL 2007 Rt. 35, Wall 732-280-3676 BIG ED’S B•B•Q 305 Route 34, Old Bridge 732-583-2626 BIG SHOTS SPORTS BAR 780 Rt. 1 North, Woodbridge 732-750-5050 BLUE MOON 114 S. Bway, S. Amboy 732-525-0014 BRASS RAIL 80 Rt. 79, Matawan 732-290-8400 BRICKHOUSE 979 Cedarbridge, Brick 732-279-3743 BUFFALO WILD WINGS / BRICK 2770 Hooper Ave., Brick 732-475-7645 BUM ROGERS 2207 SW Central Ave., Seaside Park 732-830-2770 BURLEW’S SEAFOOD & STEAK 59 West Front Street, Keyport 732-497-0500

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Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ Richie Sparta Maggie’s Uptown – Craig Daniels 5:30-9:30pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Party Night w/ Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Steve DeVito & Tom Kanach MJ’s / Neptune – Tim & Andy ‘n Joe MJ’s Tinton Falls – Seth Tieger River Rock – Frankie P 4-7pm; DJ Jason Jani @ 10pm Ryan’s Pub – Live DJ Tommy’s / Brick – Trivia Night SUNDAY, MAR. 08 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3pm – 7pm River Rock – Grateful Dead Tribute Band @ 7:30pm TUESDAY, MAR. 10 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Maggie’s Uptown – I AM Curbie 7-11pm MJ’s / Buttonwood - Game On Trivia MJ’s / Neptune – Game On Trivia MJ’s Tinton Falls - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – DJ Q @ 9pm WEDNESDAY, MAR. 11 MJ’s / Buttonwood Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Sing Along w/ Shawn Mars MJ’s Tinton Falls - Game On Trivia River Rock – Club Night w/ DJ Adam @ 9pm THURSDAY, MAR. 12 Blue Moon – Blues Jam w/ Chuck Lambert 8pm – 12am Maggie’s Uptown – The Professionals 7-11pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – Party Night w/ DJ Jason Jani @ 9pm FRIDAY, MAR. 13 Blue Moon – Tad Schaffer & the Third Degree The Cabin – Jay & Shay 5pm – 9pm; Phil Engel Band @ 10pm La Riviera – Live Music

THE CABIN 984 Rt. 33, Freehold 732-462-3090 CJ MCLOONE’S 560 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls 732-758-0800 CAFÉ LUNA 3679 Rt. 9N, Old Bridge 732-965-5490 CLADDAGH IRISH PUB 297 Bay Ave, Highlands 732-291-0099 COLTS NECK INN 6 Rt. 537 732-462-0383 COURT JESTER / FREEHOLD E. Main St., Freehold 732-462-1040 DONOVAN’S BAR & GRILL 1900 Rt. 70, Manchester 732-657-0006 THE DOWNTOWN 10 W. Front St., Red Bank 732-741-2828 DUBLIN HOUSE 30 Monmouth St., Red Bank 732-747-6699 FIRESIDE GRILL 133 Rt. 79, Marlboro 732-780-7900

Maggie’s Underground - Undisputed Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Boys Meet Girl 7-10pm; Modern DJs @ 10:30pm MJ’s / Middletown – Shore Thing MJ’s / Neptune – 80’s Night w/ DJ Giuseppe MJ’s Tinton Falls – Paul Baccash River Rock – Professionals Duo 4-7pm; Event Horizon & DJ Adam @ 9:30pm Ryan’s Pub – Live Music SATURDAY, MAR. 14 Big Ed’s BBQ – Trivia Night Blue Moon – Ladies Night The Cabin – Moondoggie @ 10pm La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ Richie Sparta Maggie’s Uptown – Frankie (Undisputed) Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood Party Night w/ Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Ken Dubman & Mary Sue MJ’s / Neptune – Rich Genoval MJ’s Tinton Falls – Ron Ossi River Rock – Brue Crew 3-7pm; DJ Jason Jani @ 10pm; UFC 185 Ryan’s Pub – Live DJ Tommy’s / Brick – Trivia Night SUNDAY, MAR. 15 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3pm – 7pm River Rock – Grateful Dead Tribute Band @7:30pm TUESDAY, MAR. 17 ST. PATRICK’S DAY The Cabin – Moondoggie @ 10pm Fireside Grill – Trivia Night MJ’s / Buttonwood - Game On Trivia MJ’s / Neptune – Game On Trivia MJ’s Tinton Falls - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – DJ Q @ 9pm WEDNESDAY, MAR. 18 MJ’s / Buttonwood Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Sing Along w/ Shawn Mars MJ’s Tinton Falls - Game On Trivia River Rock – Club Night w/ DJ Adam @ 9pm THURSDAY, MAR. 19

GENERAL SALOON 1194 Englishtown Rd. Old Bridge 732-416-8628 GUSTO’S GRILL 1050 Rt. 18N, East Brunswick 732-651-2737 IVY LEAGUE Rt. 9N, Howell 732-370-2206 JACK’S GOAL LINE 149 Brighton Ave., Long Branch 732-870-8800 JAKEABOB’S 910 Union Ave., Union Beach 732-264-3730 LANDMARK TAVERN 117 N. Broadway, South Amboy 732-721-6812 LA RIVIERA 113 Main St, Matawan 732-566-8400 MALONEY’S PUB 117 Main St., Matawan 732-583-4040 MARKET YARD GRILLE 18 E. Main St., Freehold 732-431-3220 MARTELL’S Boardwalk, Pt. Pleasant 732-892-0131

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Blue Moon – Blues Jam w/ Chuck Lambert 8pm – 12am Maggie’s Uptown – Phil Engel 7-11pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – Party Night w/ DJ Jason Jani @ 9pm FRIDAY, MAR. 20 Blue Moon – VyntEdge The Cabin – Nancy Malcun 5pm – 8pm; Undercover @ 10pm La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ Blue I’z Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Clifton Brothers 7-10pm; Modern DJs @ 10:30pm MJ’s / Middletown – Magic Taxis MJ’s / Neptune – Shore Thing MJ’s Tinton Falls – Martin Rivas River Rock – Waynard & Cat Duo 4-7pm; Funktion 11 & DJ Adam @ 9:30pm Ryan’s Pub – Live Music SATURDAY, MAR. 21 Big Ed’s BBQ – Trivia Night Blue Moon – Ladies Night The Cabin – Twice As Good @ 10pm La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ Richie Sparta Maggie’s Uptown – Brue Crew 5:30-9:30pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Martell’s – Spring Fever Bash w/Bobby Lynch Band & DJ Menson Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood Party Night w/ Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Taylor Tote & Rob Dye MJ’s / Neptune – Koka & Philips MJ’s Tinton Falls – Karlus Trapp River Rock – Amused Duo 3-7pm; Club Night w/ DJ Jason Jani @ 10pm

MCLOONES @ FAVORITES 3 Lafayette Rd., Fords 732-512-5025 MCLOONE’S PIER HOUSE 1 Ocean Pl., Long Branch 732-923-1006 METROPOLITAN CAFÉ 8 E. Main St., Freehold 732-780-9400 MEDITERRANEAN CHATEAU 27 Freneau Ave. (Rt. 79), Matawan 732-780-9400 MJ’S MIDDLETOWN 1005 Hwy 35N, Middletown 732-796-1400 MJ’S NEPTUNE 3205 Rt. 66, Neptune 732-918-9700 MJ’S TINTON FALLS 1213 Sycamore Ave, Tinton Falls 732-542-3131 Molly Maguire’s 132 East River Road, Rumson 732-530-2882 NONNA’S 190 Rt. 9N, Marlboro 732-536-9050 OFF THE HOOK 1 Navesink Ave., Highlands 732-872-2006 ON THE DECK 2 Simon Lake Dr., Atlantic Highlands 732-872-1424

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Ryan’s Pub – Live DJ Tommy’s / Brick – Trivia Night SUNDAY, MAR. 22 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3pm – 7pm River Rock –Grateful Dead Tribute Band @ 7:30pm TUESDAY, MAR. 24 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Maggie’s Uptown – I AM Curbie 7-11pm MJ’s / Buttonwood - Game On Trivia MJ’s / Neptune – Game On Trivia MJ’s Tinton Falls Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – DJ Q @ 9pm WEDNESDAY, MAR. 25 MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Sing Along w/ Shawn Mars MJ’s Tinton Falls - Game On Trivia River Rock – Club Night w/ DJ Adam @ 9pm THURSDAY, MAR. 26 Blue Moon – Blues Jam w/ Chuck Lambert 8pm – 12am Maggie’s Uptown – The Professionals 7-11pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – Party Night w/ DJ Jason Jani @ 9pm FRIDAY, MAR. 27 Blue Moon – Lights Outs The Cabin – Frankie 5pm – 8pm; Shorty Long & the Jersey Horns @ 10pm La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ Identity Maggie’s Uptown – Jay & Rob 5:30-9:30pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Rich Genoval 7-10pm; Modern DJs @ 10:30pm

PARK 33 618 Park Ave, Freehold 732-761-1300 PINE TAVERN 154 Rt. 34N, Old Bridge 732-727-5060 PK’S SHAMROCK ROSE 415 18th Ave., Belmar 732-681-3111 PARK EAST 3352 Rt. 35S., Hazlet 732-739-2002 PRIME 34 1212 Rt. 34S., Aberdeen 732-441-9663 RIVER ROCK RESTAURANT & MARINA BAR 1600 Rt. 70, Brick 732-840-1110 RIVERWATCH 799 Rt. 70, Brick 732-920-8900 ROSALITA’S 180 Rt. 9 North, Marlboro 732-617-0099 RUGS & RIFFY’S 493 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge 732-636-3747 RYAN’S PUB & SPORTS BAR 299 SpotswoodEnglishtown Rd Monroe Township (732) 251-1709

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SALT CREEK GRILLE 4 Bingham Ave, Rumson 732-933-9272 SHOGUN LEGACY 1536 North Bay Ave., Toms River 732-286-9888 SHOGUN LEGENDS 1969 Rt. 34 South, Wall 732-449-6696 ST. STEPHEN’S GREEN 2031 Rt. 71, Spring Lake 732-449-2636 SUNSETS 302 S. Concourse Ave., Neptune 732-775-9911 SURF TACO / JACKSON 21 S. Hope Chapel, Jackson 732-364-8226 TAVERN ON THE LAKE 101 Main St., Hightstown 609-426-9345 THE SHANNON ROSE / WOODBRIDGE 855 St. George’s Ave. , Woodbridge 732-636-6100 THE STONE PONY 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park 732-502-0600

MJ’s / Middletown – Martin Rivas MJ’s / Neptune – 80’s Night w/ DJ Giuseppe MJ’s Tinton Falls – Tom Cintula River Rock - Tony Caggiano 4-7pm; The Fuzzpops & DJ Adam @ 9:30pm Ryan’s Pub – Live Music SATURDAY, MAR. 28 Big Ed’s BBQ – Trivia Night Blue Moon – Ladies Night The Cabin – Jersey Central @ 10pm La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ Richie Sparta Maggie’s Uptown – Kevin Hildebrandt 5:30-9:30pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Martell’s – Beers on the Boards Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood Party Night w/ Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Andy Russo & Joe Napolitano MJ’s / Neptune – Decian MJ’s Tinton Falls – Owen’s Heavy Mellow River Rock – Half Brothers 3-7pm; Club Night w/ DJ Adam@ 10pm Ryan’s Pub – Live DJ Tommy’s/ Brick – Trivia Night SUNDAY, MAR. 29 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3pm – 7pm River Rock – Grateful Dead Tribute Band @ 7:30pm TUESDAY, MAR. 31 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Maggie’s Uptown – I AM Curbie 7-11pm MJ’s / Buttonwood - Game On Trivia MJ’s / Neptune – Game On Trivia MJ’s Tinton Falls Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe River Rock – DJ Q @ 9pm

THE SYCAMORE GRILLE 1 Shinnecock, Manalapan 732-792-7722 TILTED KILT Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick 732-992-8532 TIM MCLOONE’S SUPPER CLUB 1200 Ocean Ave, Asbury 732-744-1400 TOMMY’S COAL FIRED PIZZA /BRICK 515 Rt. 70, Brick 732-262-5180 TOMMY’S COAL FIRED PIZZA /RED BANK 2 Bridge St., Red Bank 732-212-1700 SALTWATER BEACH CAFE 1200 Ocean Ave, Asbury 732-744-1400 TWIN LIGHT TAPHOUSE 128 Bay Ave., Highlands 732-872-1345 WINDANSEA 56 Shrewsbury Ave., Highlands 732-872-2266 WINE LOFT 32 Laird St., Long Branch 732-222-7770

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Saturday, Mar. 07 Sing-A-Long: Frozen

Wednesday, Mar. 18 Celtic Women

NJ Performing Arts Center Newark, NJ

Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ

Sunday, Mar. 08 Michael Bolton

Thursday, Mar. 19 Peter & the Starcatchers

Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ

State Theater New Brunswick, NJ

Wednesday, Mar. 11 ZZ Top Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ

Thursday, Mar. 26 Pennywise

Thursday, Mar. 12 Rutgers Bands Extravaganza

Friday, Mar. 27 The Get Up Kids

Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ

Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ

State Theater New Brunswick, NJ

Saturday, Mar. 14 Aretha Franklin

Saturday, Mar. 28 New Found Glory

NJ Performing Arts Center Newark, NJ

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Atlantic City Friday & Saturday, Mar. 20 & 21 AC Convention Center Annual Beer & Music Festival

Saturday, Mar. 07 Golden Nugget Eddie Money

Thursday, Mar. 12 Harrah’s Chuck Negron

Saturday, Mar. 21 Tropicana Three Dog Night Thursday, Mar. 26 Harrah’s The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Friday, Mar. 13 Borgata Marie Osmond

Friday, Mar. 27 Boardwalk Hall Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore & Rae Lynn

Saturday, Mar. 14 Borgata Kathy Griffin

Friday & Saturday, Mar. 27 & 28 Borgata Sabastian Maniscalco

Thursday, Mar. 19 Harrah’s Edgar Winter

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fundraising events in America. Since the program began in 1989, to date nearly 200 radio stations across the country have participated and raised $550 million in pledges for the children of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Through the program, radio listeners are given the opportunity to call in and become Partners In Hope®, by making a donation to the hospital.

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